Navigating the Frontier Crossroads The Neighbors Always Set a Place for Guests… To Albin Albin 8 SCENIC SIDE TRIPS 8 Perched on a small Panorama Point 10 hill, this cozy town was 15 mi southeast of Pine Bluffs. 4 established in 1905 by Only minutes away, Panorama 2 5 3 John Albin Anderson, Point offers an unhindered view of 10 Lincoln Wy Albin’s first postmaster. the majestic Rocky Mountains and To Panorama Point Not far from the the vast Nebraska plains. At 5,524 / 7 Wyoming Nebraska feet, it marks the highest point in To Cheyenne border, Albin is the very Nebraska. Maps are available at and Burns 1 picture of rural beauty, surrounded by sunflower patches the Pine Bluffs Vısitors Center. 9 and farmland. While in Albin, be sure to stroll through 6 the Albin Memorial Park. Pawnee Buttes 11 15 mi south of Pine Bluffs. Burns 9 Stroll the Great Plains the 11 To Pawnee Buttes Welcome to Burns, a proud rural settlers knew and be awed community 15 miles west of Pine by the buttes, rising 250 feet For lodging and restaurant information, please contact: Bluffs. Drop by to say howdy and above grassy valleys. Yucca, take a break in Liberty Park where wheatgrass and cheatgrass you can touch a piece of the fallen tickle the eye as raptors soar World Trade Center and reflect overhead. The 4.2 mile trail Pine Bluffs Visitors Center VISIT CHEYENNE I-80 at Pine Bluffs Exit 401 121 W 15th St, Suite 202 upon the sacrifices made by those is open year-round. Pine Bluffs, Wyoming 82082 Cheyenne, Wyoming 82001 who serve us. 307-245-3695 | 307-245-3746 800-426-5009 www.pinebluffs.org www.cheyenne.org Panorama Point photo courtesy of Alan Ritter, www.mtritter.org. Live the Legend Liberty Park Welcome to Burns! DEC 2019 Windows on the Past Pine Bluffs Distilling Pine Bluffs Nature Area 1 Small Town Charm…Big Tıme Vıstas I-80 Rest Area at Pine Bluffs. Interpretive Center 1 Tasting Room 3 East of Cheyenne, Wyoming stretches the Spectacular vistas frame a leisurely I-80 Rest Area at Pine Bluffs. 322 N. Beech St, 245-3000. quiet charm of the prairie and the enchanting Built over an archeological dig Laramie County’s first 1.8 mile trail, which surrounds community of Pine Bluffs. Along with quaint site unearthed by University of licensed distillery—family visitors with the flora and fauna Wyoming students. Artifacts owned and operated, a of Pine Bluffs. Part of the trail is neighbors Albin, Carpenter and Burns, Pine dating from 100 to 10,000 true soil-to-spirit operation. wheelchair accessible. Bluffs showcases small town America at years ago represent both Tue–Sat opens at Noon; Sat at 3pm; closed Sun and Mon. Veterans Memorial Plaza 2 its best, hearkening back to a time when animal and human activity. Also highlighted are Native Main Street across from Town Hall. Featuring “America the Grandma’s apple pie cooled on the window sill American tribes, early settlers, and tee-pee rings (stone Pine Bluffs Beautiful” wall mural, this community space honors past and and crazy quilts were a winter standby. circles) still evident near the dig site and in the bluffs that 4 Roping Series current military members from all branches and conflicts. overlook the town. Memorial Day–Labor Day, Wed–Sun, 2nd & Beech St, In 1868, Pine Bluffs (then known as Rock 9am-4pm. By appointment the rest of the year; 245-3746. 245-9378. Leaning Rock Golf Course Ranch) consisted only of a tent, slab shack and This series features a shed. In 1884 the town became the largest 3 and Disc Golf Course 6 Our Lady of Peace Shrine the area’s finest 1200 S. Beech St, 245-3746. cattle shipping point on the Union Pacific East edge of Pine Bluffs, talents, who compete A scenic 9-hole, 32-par, public Railroad, and by the early 1900s was a well- off old Hwy 30. Overlooks I-80. for money and points. golf course perched high above Crafted by Cheyenne artist Fridays, 7pm, June–July. known town, hailed as the best-lit city of its Robert Fıda, this statue is among the town on a picturesque size in the nation. wooded bluff. Open dawn–dusk, the largest of the Vırgin Mary in Pine Bluffs Municipal Pool 7 May–Oct weather permitting. $. Today, Pine Bluffs and its neighbors shine the US: at 180 tons, it watches 200 E. 8th St, 245-3783. This seasonal attraction is a family An 18-hole disc golf course, the landscape from a five-story favorite, offering open swim sessions seven days a week, on as Wyoming gems. Savor the West’s best heavily wooded with pines, vantage point. late May through mid-August. vistas and history in mint condition as you and extreme elevation changes. venture beyond the city lights. Texas Trail Museum 5 Unless noted, phone numbers have area code 307. Open dawn–dusk, year round. Free. Numbers next to attractions correspond to map. 3rd & Market, 245-3713. Housed in Pine Bluffs’ old power plant building, the Museum preserves the lives of settlers with vintage clothing, quilts, saddles and other relics of frontier life. On the premises is an early Union Pacific caboose, the Texas Trail Monument, the first schoolhouse in eastern Laramie County and a 1900s Catholic church. Memorial Day–Labor Day, Wed–Sat, 9am-4pm; Sun 1-4pm Municipal Pool Trail Days Mud Volleyball Tournament.